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Could Ebola mutate faster than we can develop treatments?As the worst known epidemic of the Ebola virus continues in West Africa, scientists around the world are trying to develop treatments for those infected. But a process of viral mutation, known as "genetic drift", could potentially compromise their efforts.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-03-ebola-mutate-faster-treatments.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 02 Mar 2015 07:40:01 EDTnews344503410Benin says Lassa fever kills 9, no Ebola foundNine people have died in Benin from Lassa fever, a viral disease common in West Africa with symptoms similar to Ebola, the country's health minister said.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-benin-lassa-fever-ebola.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 26 Nov 2014 03:40:44 EDTnews336195635New mosquito-borne viral disease found in South Central TexasChikungunya, a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, has been identified in five Texas counties—four of them in South Central Texas—and may become endemic to the state, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologists.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-08-mosquito-borne-viral-disease-south-central.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesFri, 01 Aug 2014 09:10:02 EDTnews326098716Dengue-like chikungunya virus reported in El SalvadorSalvadoran health authorities confirmed Saturday that a dengue-like disease that has been spreading across the Caribbean has now appeared in the Central-American country.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-dengue-like-chikungunya-virus-el-salvador.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesSun, 15 Jun 2014 02:45:13 EDTnews322019101US Virgin Islands confirms first chikungunya case (Update)A nasty mosquito-borne virus that has been spreading rapidly in the Caribbean has made its way to the U.S. Virgin Islands, authorities said Wednesday.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-virgin-islands-chikungunya-case.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 11 Jun 2014 18:12:14 EDTnews321729126Novel drug prevents common viral disease in stem-cell transplant patients, study findsA new drug can often prevent a common, sometimes severe viral disease in patients receiving a transplant of donated blood-making stem cells, a clinical trial led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital indicates.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-drug-common-viral-disease-stem-cell.html
MedicationsWed, 25 Sep 2013 17:00:08 EDTnews299336228Guppy fish proven to be cheap, effective tool in fight against dengueLarvae-eating guppy fish can help combat the spread of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness giving rise to hundreds of thousands of severe cases including 20,000 deaths worldwide every year, according to a trial study by the Governments of Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Health Organization (WHO).http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-guppy-fish-proven-cheap-effective.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesFri, 13 Sep 2013 09:10:04 EDTnews298279040Germ-fighting vaccine system makes great strides in deliveryA novel vaccine study from South Dakota State University (SDSU) will headline the groundbreaking research that will be unveiled at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference (NBC). The meeting takes place Monday, May 20 - Wednesday, May 22 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-germ-fighting-vaccine-great-delivery.html
Medical researchMon, 20 May 2013 12:00:03 EDTnews288269073Climate and environmental changes affect the occurrence of diseases transmitted between animals and humansHow are human and animal diseases in general affected by the climate becoming "wilder, wetter and warmer"? Solveig Jore's doctoral research shows that the tick Ixodes ricinus has spread over larger geographical areas in Norway and that climate and environmental changes, access to host animals and demography affect tick distribution in Norway. Furthermore, local climatic conditions can have a decisive influence on the ability of the tick to spread dangerous viruses. The climate can also play a role in the spread of gastrointestinal infections.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-climate-environmental-affect-occurrence-diseases.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 15 Apr 2013 08:12:13 EDTnews285232326Researchers develop prototype chikungunya vaccineWageningen University in the Netherlands has developed a prototype vaccine against chikungunya in a joint effort with the Erasmus Medical Centre and TI Pharma. This prototype may hopefully lead to the first working vaccine against chikungunya, a geographically strongly expanding viral disease.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-prototype-chikungunya-vaccine.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 21 Mar 2013 08:22:24 EDTnews283072916Researchers identify a promising target for multiple sclerosis treatmentsA team of basic and clinical scientists led by the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre's (CRCHUM) Dr. Nathalie Arbour has opened the door to significantly improved treatments for the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). In a study selected as among the top 10% most interesting articles published in the Journal of Immunology, the team identifies the elevated presence in MS patients of a type of white blood cell (CD4 T cell) that expresses NKG2C, a highly-toxic molecule harmful to brain tissues.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-multiple-sclerosis-treatments.html
ImmunologyTue, 19 Mar 2013 13:22:48 EDTnews282918158Homegrown strain of dengue fever virus pinpointed in florida(HealthDay)—Some people who fell prey to a 2009-2010 outbreak of dengue fever in Florida carried a particular viral strain that they did not bring into the country from a recent trip abroad, according to a fresh genetic analysis conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-homegrown-strain-dengue-fever-virus.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 14 Mar 2013 19:09:27 EDTnews282506955Promising new method for next-generation live-attenuated viral vaccines against Chikungunya virusResearchers have successfully applied a novel method of vaccine creation for Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) using a technique called large scale random codon re-encoding. Using this approach, a group from the UMR_D 190, Emerging viruses Department in Marseille, France in collaboration with the University of Sydney, Australia, demonstrated that the engineered viruses exhibit a stable phenotype with a significantly decreased viral fitness (i.e., replication capacity), making it a new vaccine candidate for this emerging viral disease. This new report publishes on February 21 in the Open Access journal, PLOS Pathogens.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-method-next-generation-live-attenuated-viral-vaccines.html
Medical researchThu, 21 Feb 2013 17:00:01 EDTnews280685328UN warns risk of hepatitis E in S. Sudan grows(AP)—The United Nations says an outbreak of hepatitis E has killed 111 refugees in camps in South Sudan since July, and has become endemic in the region.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-hepatitis-sudan.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesFri, 15 Feb 2013 08:02:16 EDTnews280137728WHO: Dengue showing global 'epidemic potential'The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday that it had charted progress in the fight against tropical diseases but warned that dengue fever was spreading at an alarming rate.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-dengue-global-epidemic-potential.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 16 Jan 2013 09:06:02 EDTnews277549554Climate change is likely to increase the occurrence of stomach bugs, researchers predictWe can blame all sorts of things on the weather. But a stomach bug? It seems unlikely. Yet, scientists say greater quantities of rainfall and bigger storms will lead to more stomach upsets in parts of Europe. "Increases in precipitation in some countries, due to climate change, will affect waterborne outbreaks of disease," Apostolos Vantarakis of the University of Patros, Greece, tells youris.com.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-climate-occurrence-stomach-bugs.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 07 Jan 2013 07:58:44 EDTnews276767894Viruses skip species by changing rapidlyWhile it may be that some Americans doubt we're related to chimps and other primates, viruses recognize the similarities in our cells.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-viruses-species-rapidly.html
HIV & AIDSMon, 22 Oct 2012 19:20:01 EDTnews270148208Ebola antibody treatment, produced in plants, protects monkeys from lethal diseaseA new Ebola virus study resulting from a widespread scientific collaboration has shown promising preliminary results, preventing disease in infected nonhuman primates using monoclonal antibodies.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-ebola-antibody-treatment-monkeys-lethal.html
Medical researchMon, 15 Oct 2012 15:00:13 EDTnews269520865Quantifying the risk of pandemics created through air travel: Creating models for efficient responseA viral disease is contracted abroad and transported unknowingly by a human host. Discrete symptoms linger beneath the skin as the person boards their flight home, delivering the virus across oceans and borders to a previously unexposed and susceptible region.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-quantifying-pandemics-air-efficient-response.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 10 Sep 2012 07:59:21 EDTnews266482753Dengue fever makes deadly comeback in Greece An elderly Greek man has died from complications of dengue fever, marking a reappearance of the mosquito-borne disease 85 years after its eradication from Greece, officials said Tuesday.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-dengue-fever-deadly-comeback-greece.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesTue, 04 Sep 2012 05:48:11 EDTnews265956482UN and OIE call for greater controls on rinderpest virus The UN's food agency and the OIE called on countries on Monday to comply with a 2011 global moratorium and destroy potentially dangerous rinderpest virus samples or put them into safe storage.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-oie-greater-rinderpest-virus.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 23 Jul 2012 10:32:22 EDTnews262258334Exploiting the early immune response in Chikungunya fever promises to provide protection(Medical Xpress) -- Chikungunya fever is a viral disease that has re-emerged to cause epidemics in the Pacific region within the last decade. It is caused by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes symptoms including fever, rash and joint pain. It can be incapacitating, with some patients developing severe chronic symptoms, and it is sometimes fatal. The main current control measure is to prevent exposure to mosquitoes; a vaccine would reduce the threat of CHIKV.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-exploiting-early-immune-response-chikungunya.html
ImmunologyWed, 04 Jul 2012 09:25:49 EDTnews260612742Concerns over cost of dengue vaccine lessened with new studyResearch funded by the Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI) involving an economic analysis of producing a tetravalent dengue vaccine shows that the cost could be as low as $0.20 per dose with an annual production level of 60 million doses packaged in ten-dose vials. The study used data on a vaccine developed by US NIH and the facilities of the Instituto Butantan in Sao Paulo, Brazil.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-dengue-vaccine-lessened.html
MedicationsThu, 28 Jun 2012 08:53:53 EDTnews260092427Researchers find Epstein Barr-like virus infects and may cause cancer in dogsMore than 90 percent of humans have antibodies to the Epstein Barr virus. Best known for causing mononucleosis, or "the kissing disease," the virus has also been implicated in more serious conditions, including Hodgkin's, non-Hodgkin's and Burkitt's lymphomas. Yet little is known about exactly how EBV triggers these diseases.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-epstein-barr-like-virus-infects-cancer.html
CancerMon, 12 Mar 2012 13:19:23 EDTnews250777155First guidelines issued for getting people newly diagnosed with HIV disease into careLeading AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins and other institutions around the world have issued new guidelines to promote entry into and retention in HIV care, as well as adherence to HIV treatment, drawn from the results of 325 studies conducted with tens of thousands of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-guidelines-issued-people-newly-hiv.html
HIV & AIDSMon, 05 Mar 2012 18:26:39 EDTnews250194329Is the end of polio truly in sight?Declaring the eradication of polio will be far more difficult than it was for smallpox, according to a review published in the Journal of General Virology. Further research into the complex virus - host interactions and how the vaccine is used in the final stages of the eradication programme is crucial to its success.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-polio-sight.html
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